New
Leadership Team for Health System: Peter Traber and Arthur Asbury

A new leadership team has been named for the Health System, according
to an announcement on Thursday by President Judith Rodin.

She said that Dr. Peter G. Traber, chair of the department of medicine,
has agreed to become the interim dean of the School of Medicine and CEO
of the Medical Center and the Health System until "we undertake a thorough,
formal search for permanent leadership."

Dr. Traber will take the place of Dr. William N. Kelley, who has been
dean of the School and CEO of the Medical Center and its Health System for
the past decade. Dr. Kelley, who will remain a distinguished member of the
faculty of the School, also has been asked by the University, in his role
as Executive Vice President for Health Affairs, to take on "a vital
and expanded role in the increasingly complex and volatile realm of national
health care policy that has had such a pervasive impact on UPHS and other
academic medical centers across the country," Dr. Rodin said. She said
that Dr. Kelley is still considering this important new assignment.

Dr. Traber will report to Dr. Rodin and Provost Robert L. Barchi, and
" exercise the same full authority over Health System operations that
Bill Kelley has in the past," Dr. Rodin said. Dr. Traber, the Frank
Wister Thomas Professor of Medicine, is "an exceptional researcher
and clinician whose knowledge of UPHS is broad and deep," she said.
"He has our full confidence."

Assisting Dr. Traber will be Dr. Arthur K. Asbury, the Van Meter Emeritus
Professor of Neurology, who has agreed to assume the position of deputy
dean of the School. A member of the Penn faculty since 1974, Dr. Asbury
has been a senior vice dean of the School, past chair of the department
of neurology, acting dean of the School and acting executive vice president
of the Medical Center.

Dr. Rodin added that
Robert Martin will continue as chief operating officer of the Health System,
"and we will continue to rely heavily on the great talent, judgment
and energy he has demonstrated so clearly over the past year."

The University also confirmed that David Hunter, president and CEO of
the Hunter Group, has agreed to provide "regular advice and consultation
as UPHS continues to implement its rigorous remediation plan."

Dr. Rodin emphasized that the change is being made to provide the best
possible leadership team for the Health System as it faces the challenges
of the present and the future.

"Academic medical centers like ours face enormous financial challenges
today," she said. "This is not a time of expansion. Rather, it
is a time requiring integration, tight fiscal management and a highly strategic
focus on investments.

"I am delighted that after looking closely within our Health System,
we found the members of a new leadership team that will provide the very
strong direction we need," she said. "The Health System is full
of hundreds of world-class faculty, researchers and hospital staff. We are
fortunate to have such a great wealth of talent to draw on.

"The Health System continues to face serious challenges in the days
and months ahead," Dr. Rodin continued. "We are confident,"
she said, "that Drs. Traber and Asbury, Mr. Martin, the clinical chairs
and the many talented men and women in the Health System management group
will provide the best combination of skills to accomplish our goals and
ensure a bright future."

Granoff Forum: President Clinton

President Clinton will deliver an address on The New Economy at
the inaugural program of the University's Granoff Forum on Thursday, February
24, at 3 p.m. in Irvine Auditorium. Admission is by invitation only.

"We are very pleased that the President has accepted our invitation
to be the first speaker in this exciting new program at Penn," said
Penn President Judith Rodin. "President Clinton's participation underscores
our commitment to providing a broad perspective on the critical issues of
the new century. We are especially pleased that this new forum will enable
our students to come in contact with some of the brightest and most influential
minds of our day."

The Granoff Forum was recently established in SAS by alumnus Michael
Granoff, C'80. The forum is designed to offer leading decision-makers an
opportunity to discuss key issues of the day with faculty and students at
Penn.

"The Granoff Forum is a wonderful addition to SAS's emphasis on
interdisciplinary programs that prepare students for leadership on a global
scale," said Dean Samuel H. Preston. "The Granoff Forum will be
a catalyst for new ideas that will help shape economic, social and political
development in this new century."

The Forum is a joint offering of the SAS International Relations Program,
the Christopher H. Browne Center for International Politics and the Joseph
H. Lauder Institute of Management and International Studies.

Michael Granoff, president, CEO and founder of Pomona Capital, a venture
capital group with offices in New York, Tokyo and London, said "A global
perspective is perhaps the most critical element of a stable future. I think
Penn, with its research mission and its liberal arts core, is the right
place to lead in the development of such a perspective."

Ending the PSAS Sit In

On February 14, Penn
Students Against Sweatshops presented President Rodin with what she
called "a thoughtful, practical proposal." She said it offered
considerable evidence that PSAS was willing to join the committee process
and work with Penn to resolve the important issues of a code of conduct
for licensees of Penn apparel and a monitoring system for their manufacturers.
The agreement is below and the President's letter to the FLA
is also in this issue [click
here].

Agreement to End Sit-In

February 15, 2000

University of Pennsylvania President Judith Rodin and PSAS agree that
Penn is immediately and publicly withdrawing its membership in the Fair
Labor Association including terminating payments to the organization (if
they are ongoing). This is a withdrawal of membership, not a suspension
of membership, in that should Penn decide to re-affiliate with the FLA in
the future, Penn will be initiating the process from the beginning. The
two parties agree that the University Ad-Hoc
Committee on Sweatshop Labor will submit a recommendation to the President
regarding with which, if any, monitoring organization(s) Penn should affiliate.
Only after this committee issues its recommendation will President Rodin
consider rejoining the FLA. The agreement to withdraw from the FLA and to
have the committee offer a recommendation will be reported in Almanac.

President Rodin will send a letter
to the Fair Labor Association announcing Penn's withdrawal and termination
of payments, give PSAS a copy of the letter and release it publicly. After
receiving and approving these documents, PSAS will vacate the President's
office.

PSAS agrees that the University Ad-Hoc Committee will proceed with making
a recommendation regarding with which, if any, monitoring group or groups
Penn should affiliate itself. The committee will continue in its current
form; changes in the committee structure or membership must be approved
by PSAS. PSAS will participate fully and with good faith in the committee
process.